China News Service, July 29, report. The World Health Organization said on the 28th that in the past week, 8 more countries and regions have discovered the Delta new crown variant virus, which has spread to 132 countries and regions.
Data map: May 6, 2021, local time, New Delhi, India, caring for patients with new coronary pneumonia in the ICU ward of the Holy Family Hospital.
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The WHO further pointed out that among the other three new coronavirus variants designated by the WHO as worrying, the alpha variant exists in 182 countries and regions, the beta variant exists in 131 countries and regions, and the gamma variant The body exists in 81 countries and regions.
According to the WHO, the global number of new crown infections increased by 8% last week to more than 3.8 million cases.
The latest data show that cases in the Americas and Western Pacific Region have risen sharply, with an increase of 30% and 25% respectively.
This led to a significant increase in the overall number of deaths from the new crown, which rose by 21% compared with last week to more than 69,000.
According to the WHO, in the past 7 days, the United States has reported the highest number of new cases, with more than 500,000 new infections, an increase of 131%.
There has been an increase in the number of new infections reported in Southeast Asia, although the growth rate is much lower than the previous seven days, at 3%.
The death toll in Europe is similar to the previous week.
With the exception of Europe, the number of new deaths increased in all regions.
According to data from the World Health Organization, as of July 28, there were more than 195 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally and more than 4.18 million deaths.
The WHO pointed out that if the growth trend continues, the cumulative number of cases reported globally in the next two weeks may exceed 200 million.